The Last Jedi Now Has A Theme Song (wink) And It's An Indie-Rock Gem

News spread quickly last week that Star Wars: Episode VIII had a fresh new title: The Last Jedi.

And while filmgoers will have to wait until December to see what the exactly that title refers to (though there is no shortage of speculation), Mountain Goats' John Darnielle has took his own swipe at it -- to the approval of the film's director.

"The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Others and Eats Their Bones" is the result -- gruesome in lyric but bouncy and happy in tune.  Try to make it through without cracking a smile.

Director Rian Johnson certainly thought so, jokingly declaring it "canon" -- the ultimate sign of respect in the Star Wars universe.

So @mountain_goats and I were joking around, one thing led to another, he recorded this song and now it’s canon. https://t.co/0vCdZTO6iO

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 30, 2017

Darnielle offers some insight into how it came together (via Twitter, of course) on his feed...

all right so I see that while I was doing a phone interview some of you noticed this already but you may remember on Friday...

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) January 30, 2017

...I was joking around with @rianjohnson about his big Star Wars news, and the joke was "have you then rejected my song?"...

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) January 30, 2017

...whose title, at that point just an of-the-moment joke, was "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones." ...

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) January 30, 2017

...@rianjohnson responded, right here on twitter dot com: PLEASE WRITE THIS. Who am I to turn down the guy who directed "Ozymandias"?...

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) January 30, 2017

...not me, not this guy. I set to work immediately. It is important that the world learn the truth of this Jedi. But where to host?...

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) January 30, 2017

if you enjoyed me & Rian goofing around pls 1) go see the Star Wars movie in December and 2) get my book, a novel about grief, next week

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) January 30, 2017